董事會(huì)議室里通過的戰(zhàn)略,即使是一個(gè)小孩都會(huì)說是注定要失敗的.問題是董事會(huì)議室里從來不會(huì)有小孩.
--言外之意是批評(píng)董事會(huì)議室里的董事們?nèi)狈贤ɡ斫庑湃?講的話都是行話,客套話,喋喋不休的話,以及自負(fù)的態(tài)度等等,導(dǎo)致董事會(huì)通過的戰(zhàn)略決策,連個(gè)小孩都能明白是行不通的.可是問題是,董事會(huì)里永遠(yuǎn)都不會(huì)有直接,簡(jiǎn)單,真誠(chéng)的小孩（都是些老奸巨猾),所以很多董事會(huì)做出的戰(zhàn)略就注定失敗
語法結(jié)構(gòu)并不難
1,首先,語法上這是兩句話,而不是一句話.
2,第一句：Strategies are okayed in boardrooms that even a child would say are bound to fail.
Strategies are okayed in boardrooms是主句 （戰(zhàn)略在董事會(huì)里被同意通過）
that even a child would say are bound to fail 是that引導(dǎo)的定語從句修飾Strategies,注意這里定語從句并沒有直接放在它要修飾的名詞Strategies后面,雖然不常見,但也沒什么問題.
引導(dǎo)詞that當(dāng)然就是指代它要修飾的Strategies,并且在定語從句中充當(dāng) 里面的賓語從句的主語,把句子還原回去,你就更好理解些,還原的句子就是
even a child would say the strategies are bound to fail.
被董事會(huì)同意的戰(zhàn)略,是什么樣的戰(zhàn)略呢?用定于從句來修飾戰(zhàn)略,是即使一個(gè)小孩都知道注定會(huì)失敗 的 戰(zhàn)略.
3,第二句 The problem is there is never a child in the Boardroom.
這句的結(jié)構(gòu)就簡(jiǎn)單了,
The problem 是主語,is 是系動(dòng)詞,there is never a child in the Boardroom 是個(gè)表語從句
問題 是 董事會(huì)里從來不會(huì)有小孩